North Korean human rights record likely to stay separated from nuclear diplomacy
Bruce Klingner : "North Korea has repeatedly been cited by the US government, United Nations, and independent human rights groups as one of the most egregious violators of human rights. North Korean citizens...
UN investigator condemns North Korea human rights violations
UN Special Rapporteur for North Korea Vitit Muntarbhorn on Thursday criticized the country's "abysmal" and ongoing human rights violations in an independent report submitted to the UN General Assembly. Muntarbhorn...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on Tuesday pardoned US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee during a visit from former US president Bill Clinton , according to a state media...
North Korea's trial of US journalists is an attempt to distract dissatisfied public
Jim Arkedis : "With the secretive conviction of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee this week to twelve years' hard labor in a North Korean camp, you might be surprised to learn that...
Officials in North Korea announced Thursday that the country would revise its constitution . The announcement came during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) attended by the country's leader, Kim Jong-Il. According...
North Korea using captured journalists as pawns in policy disputes with US
Timothy Spence : "North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is no stranger to ruthlessly muzzling press freedom at home to bury the truth about natural disasters, famine, economic despair and his regime's diplomatic tussles.But the...
North Korea accused South Korea of Internet censorship Friday, saying that preventing the South Korean public from accessing pro-North Korea websites violates their citizens' basic human rights and freedom to access information. Since...
North Korea committing 'crimes against humanity' on its own citizens: report
The North Korean government is "actively committing crimes against humanity" by the starvation and political repression of North Korean citizens, according to a report released Sunday by a blue-ribbon panel comprised of Vaclav Havel , former...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the recent UN Security Council resolution on North Korea passed in the wake of its nuclear test is a precedent-setting instance of aggressive collective action against would-be...
North Korea would consider return to nuclear treaty if US threats dropped
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said that North Korea would consider returning to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the US stops threatening the country, a Russian envoy who recently met with Kim said...
